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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Andrew Leong" <andrew231leong@msn.com>
Reply-To: andrew101leong@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 03:17:28 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply Needed
Dear Kimberly Leary ,
Greetings and Good Tidings be on to you as I bring you
this message. I am Barrister Adrew Leong, a
practicing attorney here in London UK.
I am here to let you know that there is this client of
mine by name Mr Michael Leary. He was an American.
He had series of businesses here in UK. In 1999 he
deposited some two trunks containing funds totaling
25 million United States Dollars(25,000,000,000 us$) in a finance company.He
intended to use the funds for specific pet project, and was due to be
collected in 2004.
On my yearly appraisal of my clientele at the turn of
my accounting year, I discovered that
his deposit is overdue for retrieval. I put up
series of mail to Mr Michael Leary which were sent
back uncollected. I later discovered that He passed on
in February 2004. He had a ghastly motor accident. I
know he was divorced. I tried to contact any of his
relatives to no avail; I decided to check out any
trustworthy person bearing the surname Leary - hence
I decided to co-opt you to come in as his next-of-kin.
I called the finance house intimating them of my
clients claim. I was told to present the relevant
documents and his Next-of-kin.
I have in my possession his certificate of deposit and
I will draw up a power of attorney in your name, which
will be notarized here in a UK high court in your name
as his next of kin. For your involvement and help you
shall have 30% of the total cash worth twenty five milliom us dollars
(25,000,000,000 us$). This transaction is 100% risk free.
I would want you to send me an official phone
Number and your mailing address ( if different from
this one) to enable me talk to you before I send you
the documents and the contact of the finance company.
I am proposing this from my heart believing that this
will get my family and yours closer. I believe in
confidentiality and openness with regard to this transaction. Once I hear
from you,I will give you me direct telephone number .
Waiting to hear from you.
Best regards,
Barrister Adrew Leong(LLB,BL,LLM)
Principal Partner.
NB: All further response should be send to the email address below
for confidentiality purpose.(alternate email address)
andrew101leong@hotmail.com
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